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So if I'm interpreting this right, solution 1, use towels for your kids if you can and solution 2, if there are no towels, hold your kid up and away so they are above the exit point of the air.

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The Dyson blade driers (and their copy cats) are off limits to children anyway - they are not nearly tall enough to position hands inside them from above.

They’re building them into taps now

That's the strangest thing I've ever encountered in a washroom. It's bizarre and it's not obvious at all what to do with it.

It also makes everybody take twice as long at the sink, which is a problem in a high-traffic bathroom.

Makes things faster in my experience because it means there are as many driers as taps.

Which is an awful idea. Often times the dryer starting even before the water runs down.

Also it requires enough spacing not to blow onto the neighbor faucet(s).

I've used them a lot (used to work for Dyson, though not on the driers) and I'd say the taps are actually one of their best products. Have you actually used one?

It all depends on who's defining "best" and what their definition is.

> Have you actually used one?

Yeah, there are very common in the city I live.

That is an xkcd-worthy tragicomedy.

I wonder if using front trousers or shirt sides would be sanitary enough to be solution 1.5

i just let my hands dry naturally, and teach kids to do the same. as long as it's not freezing cold outside they will dry soon enough. it's the most environmental friendly too.

The transmission of bacteria is more likely to occur from wet skin than from dry skin[0]

[0]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538484/

So you're the guy who gets the bathroom door handle wet, causing me to use twice the resources to wash my hands again, plus extra paper towels if available to dry off the handle.

nope, see my other replies, not touching the door handle with wet hands. if there is no way to get out without touching the handle i'll dry off first. i just won't if i know i can get away with out touching anything for a while

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